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| From: | Hyman Rosen |
| Subject: | Re: TomTom, the GPL and patents |
| Date: | Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:28:08 -0400 |
| User-agent: | Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) |
Rjack wrote:
Never in his wildest dreams will a GPL licensor control software patents he *doesn't* own with a copyright grant that he does own
Of course not. A GPL licensor only controls software patents that he *does* own. He grants free use of those patents required for the software that he distributes. Why do you think anyone is trying to control software patents that they don't own?
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